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VOL. LVI
56th Year nj Publication
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NO. 17
Accident Claims Athlete
Sweitzer Rites
Still Pending
Funeral arrangement* are
pending tixlay for Ken 8weit.*er,
22, former Oregon football play
er who died a* the result of a
hunting accident Thursday.
Lane County Coroner Fred
Buell said Thursday that ar
iangements are being held up
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KEN SWEITZER
Victim of Hunting Accident
until word is received from Mr.
Sweitzer’s mother, Mrs, Erma
Sweitzer of Pasadena, Calif.
Mr. Sweitzer was killed Thurs
day morning while hunting along
the McKenzie river with Jack
Patera, senior in liberal arts and
first-'tring guard on the foot
ball team. State police said the
fatal bullet apparently was fired
by Patera as he aimed at a deer.
The two were about 50 yards
apart, according to Buell, Pa
tera on a road and Mr. Sweitzer
on a ridge, w-hcn Patera fired.
Mr. Sweitzer cried out and Pa
tera rushed to hia aid. Before
the ambulance from Eugene
could reach the scene, however,
Mr. Sweitzer had died.
At the close of the 1953 foot
ball season, Mr. Sweitzer was
voted the twelfth Hoffman award
as the outstanding senior mem
ber of the football team. He was
mentioned on several all-coast
teams during the season.
Homecoming
Suggestions Due
/ Deadline for submitting Home
coming theme suggestions is 5
p.m. Wednesday. Suggestions
may be left in boxes in the Stu
dent Union or the Co-op.
Any student is eligible to sub
mit a theme and there is no limit
on the number of themes one
person may turn in, according to
Barbara Bailey and Shirley
Brown, theme contest co-chair
men.
Suggestions should pertain to
all activities during the weekend,
since the weekend’s events will
center around the chosen theme.
Winner of the Homecoming
theme contest will receive a
merchandise gift and two tickets
to the Homecoming dance, Nov.
13.
Last year’s Homecoming theme
was ’’Alums and We, ’76 to ’53,”
while the 1952 theme was "Sing
the Story, Oregon.”
At the time of his death, Mr.
Sweitzer was a student teacher
and assistant line coach at Eu
gene High school. He was also at
| tending the University to com
plete requirements for his baohe
! lor's degree in education. Mr.
Sweitzer and his wife, the for
mer Elaine Synove Erickson,
were the parents of a two-weeks
; old child. Mrs. Sweitzer attend
ed the University for two years
and was a member of Alpha Omi
cron Pi.
Football Coach Lon Casanova
said Thursday night that any
decision as to whether or not
Patera will take part in Satur
day's football game will rest
with Patera himself.
A pre-game rally scheduled for
Thursday evening was cancelled
j in the light of the tragedy.
Mr. Sweitzer came to the Uni
versity from Pasadena Junior
college in 1951. He had played
: fullback on the JC football team,
; but was converted tp end and
then to guard as a member of
tbe Oregon squad.
His teammates voted him the
Hoffman award in 1953 for his
outstanding play during the sea
son. Mr. Sweitzer was the second
football player to die violently
in recent months. Doyle Higdon,
outstanding guard prospect, was
killed near Cottage Grove in a
j dynamite accident this summer.
In addition to his wife, child
and mother, Mr. Sweitzer is sur
vived by his father, Louis.
Game Attire Informal
Dress clothe* arc in order
for Saturday's Portland game,
awcording to Kay Partch, cam
pus social chairman.
Women should wear suit*
and heel* and men should be
attired in suit* or sport jack
ets and slacks. Traditional
dress for freshmen will not be
enforced, .Miss Partch said.
John Jensen
Resigns Post
John Jensen, who was ap
pointed director of the ASUO
exchange assembly last week, re
signed Thursday night.
Submitting his resignation to
the ASUO senate, he said, “I
think at this time the best thing
you can do is forget about the
exchange assembly because you
are getting to the point where
we’re going to find vulgarity in
a young lady showing her ankle.”
Jensen’s resignation came as a
result of charges of vulgarity in
some of his previous appearances
in campus entertaiftment. An
swering the charges Jensen de
scribed the entertainment in
ouestion. He explained that he
Ducks Play Saturday
In Multnomah Stadium
Oregon’s varsity football team
will play its most important
game of the season to date when
they meet the University of
Southern California in Portland's
Multnomah stadium Saturday
afternoon.
A crowd of approximately 25.- |
000 is expected to attend the 1:30
p.m. contest if the weather is
good. About a million more spec
tators will view the contest over
television. The Duck-Trojan
game is the NCAA’s televised
"Game of the Week.”
The Webfoots, with a two won j
and one lost record in confer- i
ence action, need to win this one
to stay in the running for the j
Rose Bowl bid. USC is still un-!
defeated in league play and
poses a major stepping stone in !
the Ducks' quest for the cham-'
pionship.
Jess Hill's eleven will be no
easy match for the Webfoots.
Southern Cal will be on the re
bound after their upset loss to
TCU last weekend.
Another incentive which will
be in the minds of the USC play
Charter Day Set
For October 18
University Charter day should
be as big an event tor students
as it is for facultj’ or alumni,
William C. Jones, dean of ad- :
ministration, said recently about
the forthcoming celebration of
the first University Charter day.
Many distinguished speakers
and performers will be on cam
pus, presenting an opportunity
Classes Dismissed
University students will be
able to attend ('barter day
events. All 10, 2, and S o’clock
classes will be dismissed Tues
day so students may hear an
address by Julian Huxley, well
known biologist, at 10 a.m.
and attend the inauguration
eeremonies for President O.
Meredith Wilson at 2 p.m. Both
events are In McArthur court.
for students to hear some of the
finest men in the educational
field, Jones stated.
"The University’s Responsibil
ity in the Tradition of Freedom,"
will be the theme of the two-day
celebration commemorating the
founding of the University. It is
hoped that Charter day will be
come an annual University event,
according to Jones. The only
other similar celebration in the
history of the University was in
1951 when the 75th anniversary
of the school was observed.
Tuesday’s program includes an
address by Julian Huxley, famed
biologist at 10 a.m. in McArthur
court and the inauguration of
President O. Meredith Wilson at
2 p.m., also in Mac court. Clar
ence H. Faust, president of the
Ford Foundation Fund for the
Advancement of Education will
deliver the inaugural speech.
Preceeding the ceremony will be
an academic procession from the
old campus to Mac court.
First event of Charter day will
be a concert by the Griller string
quartet Monday at 8 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom. Admis
sion is by ticket. Tickets may
be obtained at the SU main desk
at no cost. Students are urged to
get tickets now as only a few
hundred are left, according to
Jones, who is in charge of ar
rangements.
Registration of alumni and vis
itors begins Monday at 4 p.m. on
the second floor of the SU and
continues into Tuesday.
Concluding events of the cele
bration are a reception for the
President-and Mrs. Wilson at 4
p.m. in Gerlinger lounge and an
address by Zechariah Chafee,
Harvard law professor, at the
Alumni association dinner Tues
day night. The dinner is set for
6 p.m. for alumni only. Chafee's
speech, however, is open to the
public.
Heading the Charter day com
mittee is Eldon L. Johnson, dean
of the graduate school and col
lege of liberal arts. Committee
members are E. A. Cykler, pro
fessor of music; L. S. Cressman,
head of the anthropology depart
ment; Charles T. Duncan, profes
sor of journalism; E. G. Ebbig
hausen, associate professor of
physics; Robert D. Horn, profes
sor of English; Martin Schmitt.
University library curator; Leona
E. Tyler, associate professor of
phychology; Les Anderson, di
rector ofy public services, and
Jones.
ers will be the memory of last
season’s game with Oregon. It
has only been a little more than
eleven months since the Ducks
pulled one of the biggest upsets
of the 1953 season by downing
highly favored USC, 13-7.
Television station KVAL of
Eugene will telecast the game
starting at 1:15 p.m.
A car parade and rally has
been planned by the Rally Board
for 11 a.m.
could sen nothing vulgar in the
performance of a "take-off” on
a classic ballet done by him and
Phil Lewis.
The other incident in question
occurred when "I accidentally ad
libbed something with a double
meaning.”
The resignation was accepted
with several dissenting votes. AS
UO president Bob Summers said,
"It was my responsibility upon
the request of various individu
als on the senate who felt they
were not properly informed dur
ing the last senate meeting when
Jensen was elected, to tell Jensen
their sentiments.”
Summers explained , he had
talked to Jensen Wednesday night
but "had not asked for his resigna
tion.” He asked Jensen to appear
at the senate meeting and clear
up the charges made against him.
"It was his desire to do this. I am
as surprised as anyone that he re
signed.”
Commission Approved
Before Jensen’s appearance the
senate had approved an ASUO
entertainment commission to be
composed of three students, two
faculty members and the assem
bly director who will be a non
voting jnember of the board.
The commission’s duties will be
“to advise and be responsible for
the ASUO exchange assembly.”
The commission was recommended
by a committee headed by Jim
(Continued on page eight)
Car Rally in Portland
Planned Before Game
Oregon students will hold a
downtown Portland car rally
Saturday before the USC-Ore
gon game, according to Sally
Stadelman, chairman of the rally
board. The Portland city council
has given its approval to the
parade, and will provide a police
escort for the procession, which
will start at 11 a.m.
Each living organization on
campus will have one car entered
in the first of the parade. The
tally board suggests that this
auto be full of students, and
should display a slogan or sign,
depicting an Oregon victory over
the University of Southern Cali
fornia.
After each house, dorm or co
op has entered one car in the
front of the parade, it may have
as many cars follow the rally
as it wishes. These cars can also
display signs, and will be given
police escort.
When the rally has reached its
finish at Multnomah stadium, the
signs will be taken from the cars,
and displayed in the bleachers,
by each living group. Each house
should put its name Somewhere
Women s Picture
Schedule Changed
A change in the scheduling of
women’s Oregana pictures at
Kennell-EUis for today has been
made. Kappa Kappa Gamma
members will have their pictures
taken instead of Orides as orig
inally scheduled.
White blouses and dark blue
blazers are to be worn by the
women with the blazers provided
by Kennell-Ellis.
Women are urged to wear the
clothing specified so that pic
tures will be uniform, according
to Claudia Fairweather, Oregana
staff member.
Pictures scheduled for next
week are as follows: Monday,
Delta Delta Delta and Delta
Gamma; Tuesday, Carson 3 and
Sigma Kappa: Wednesday, Kap
pa Alpha Theta and Orides;
Thursday, Carson 4 and Pi Beta
Phi; Friday, Carson 5.
on the sign, Miss Stadclman said.
The car procession will start
at Lloyd's golf course on N.E.
12th avenue, and will pass down
12th until it reaches Burnside.
The cars will then turn right
; over the Burnside bridge, and
I continue up Burnside on the west
side of Portland until it comes
to S.W. Broadway.
The rally will move up Broad
way to Main street, turn right
till it reaches S.W. Park avenue,
and continue north on Park to
Morrison. The rally will turn left
on Morrison street and will con
tinue on that route until it dis
bands at the stadium on 18th
and Morrison.
Miss Stadelman assures all
students that they will have
plenty of time to park their cars
and find good seats in the bleach
ers, before the pre-game tele
vision activities start.
Salem Man Picked
To Succeed Coke
DENVER (AP) — President
Eisenhower Friday accepted the
resignation of Earl Coke as an
assistant secretary of agriculture
and picked to succeed him Ervin
L. Peterson, director of the Ore
gon State Agriculture depart
ment.
The Denver White House made
public on Oct. 5 a letter from Coke
to the President saying the Uni
versity of California had granted
him (Coke) a leave of absence as
director of its Agricultural Exten
sion Service, ‘‘And I feel that now
I must return to my duties in
California.”
The recess appointment the
President is giving Peterson as
successor to Coke is subject to
Senate confirmation when Con
gress reconvenes in January.
Peterson has headed the Oregon
Agriculture Department since
May, 1943. He is a past president
of the National Association of
Secretaries, Commissioners and
Directors of Agriculture.
Peterson, 45, also is a past pres
ident of the Coos Bay Creamery
Co. In 1941 he was elected county
judge for Coos County in Oregon,
and served until May, 1943.
His home is in Salem.